Question: Which character left Happy Days to go study optometry?
Last Question: What burger chain was hyped in ads by the milkshake-loving Sir Shakes-A-Lot?
Answer:<>/strong> Burger King
Remember That Song – 6/3/21
Can you name the artist and song:
Grab your coat and wave goodbye to your friends
I want to take you where the night never ends
I feel the need to sweep you off of your feet
Last Song: “All Those Years Ago” by George Harrison from Somewhere in England (1981)
Great job Adora (@Adora2000)!!!
Living with good and bad
I always looked up to you
Now we’re left cold and sad
By someone the devil’s best friend
Someone who offended all
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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 6/2/21
Question: What burger chain was hyped in ads by the milkshake-loving Sir Shakes-A-Lot?
Last Question: Who earned Oscar nominations as Best Supporting Actor for roles as both a pimp and a chauffeur?
Answer: Morgan Freeman
He was nominated for his role as Leo “Fast Black” Smalls, Jr. in Street Smart (1987) and as Hoke Colburn in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Remember That Song – 6/2/21
Can you name the artist and song:
Living with good and bad
I always looked up to you
Now we’re left cold and sad
By someone the devil’s best friend
Someone who offended all
Last Song: “Wrapped Around Your Finger” by The Police from Synchronicity (1983)
Great job sweetpurplejune, Adora (@Adora2000) and Erwin (@erwin_green)!!!
I have only come here seeking knowledge
Things they would not teach me of in college
I can see the destiny you sold
turned into a shining band of gold
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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 6/1/21
Question: Who earned Oscar nominations as Best Supporting Actor for roles as both a pimp and a chauffeur?
Last Question: In which city did the original One Day at a Time take place?
Answer: Indianapolis, Indiana
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Remember That Song – 6/1/21
Can you name the artist and song:
I have only come here seeking knowledge
Things they would not teach me of in college
I can see the destiny you sold
turned into a shining band of gold
Last Song: “Pour Some Sugar on Me” by Def Leppard from Hysteria (1988)
Great job sweetpurplejune, Chris (@cdbrowning), Adora (@Adora2000) and Craig (@cdennis0130)!!!
Red light, yellow light, green-a-light go
Crazy little woman in a one man show
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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 5/28/21
Question: The series finale of the original One Day at a Time aired on this date 37 years ago – May 28, 1984. It began in 1975, ran 9 seasons for 209 episodes.
In which city did the show take place?
Last Question: What actress played Blake Carrington’s long-lost illegitimate half-sister Dominique on Dynasty?
Answer: Diahann Carroll
Remember That Song – 5/28/21
Can you name the artist and song:
Red light, yellow light, green-a-light go
Crazy little woman in a one man show
Last Song: “Greatest Love of All” by Whitney Houston from the album Whitney Houston (1986)
Great job Pauline (@Dopey62), Erwin (@erwin_green), Adora (@Adora2000) and Craig (@cdennis0130)!!!
Everybody searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to
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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 5/27/21
Question: What actress played Blake Carrington’s long-lost illegitimate half-sister Dominique on Dynasty?
Last Question: What pro wrestler played the grizzled commando in Predator armed with a hand-held helicopter minigun he called “Old Painless”?
Answer: Jesse Ventura
Remember That Song – 5/27/21
Can you name the song and the artist who covered it in the ’80s:
Everybody searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to
Last Song: “Guilty” by Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb from the album Guilty (1981)
Great job Adora (@Adora2000) and Scorpion (@DianneR16469208)!!!
And we got nothing to be sorry for
Our love is one in a million
Eyes can see that we got a highway to the sky
I don’t wanna hear your goodbye
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